First field-based estimates of bumblebee diapause survival rates showcase high survivorship in the wild.

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Abstract

Bumblebee (Bombus spp.) queens overwintered in artificial settings tend to have low survival rates, raising concerns that diapause may be a particularly sensitive life cycle stage for this ecologically and economically valuable group of pollinators. However, it remains unclear whether lab-based estimates of diapause survival are comparable to survival rates of natural populations. In this study, we monitored the survival of Bombus impatiens queens overwintering in the field in Ipswich, MA, and conducted a meta-analysis of studies that estimate queen diapause survival in the lab to compare our field-based estimates of survival to those of lab-based studies. We found that queen B. impatiens had relatively high rates of overwintering survival after about

SUBMITTER: Pugesek G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10164617 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature